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FINAL: Angels' bats quiet in loss to A's

Proving that one game’s success doesn’t necessarily carry to the next game, the Angels followed up their most stirring victory of the season with a nondescript 4-1 loss to the Oakland A’s on Saturday afternoon.

After the Angels scored 10 runs in the final three innings to overcome a five-run deficit and win on Friday, they managed just four hits against Oakland right-hander Jesse Hahn in 7 2/3 innings.

Jered Weaver gave up four runs in 5 2/3 innings. He did not give up any homers, the first time in five starts he didn’t give up a longball.

While Weaver kept the ball in the park, he nonetheless has a 6.58 ERA over his last four starts. That came on the heels of a five-start stretch in which he posted a 1.98 ERA.

Weaver gave up a run in the first on back-to-back doubles. He was then sailing along until the sixth, when he gave up an RBI double to Josh Reddick and a two-out RBI double to Brett Lawrie. A fourth run was tacked on to his line after Cam Bedrosian gave up a double to Josh Phegley.

The Angels had a chance to take the lead in the sixth. They had just tied the game, 1-1, with runners at first and second and one out, when Johnny Giavotella hit into a double play.

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